Trypanosoma rangeli expresses a β-galactofuranosyl transferase

► TrGALFT has an ORF of 1.2 Kb and is organized in two copies in the genome. ► TrGALFT showed a substitution of a metal-binding DXD glycosyltransferase motif. ► A 45 kDa protein coded by TrGALFT was localized in the whole cytoplasm. ► TrGALFT was equally expressed in epimastigotes and trypomastigotes forms.